For roll-on/roll-off (roro) cargo, the ship has two trailer elevators and roro ramps. ==History== Built as Saint Magnus at Bremer Vulkan, Bremen, Germany in 1984, Virginian spent her first years in the commercial shipping service.
Ironically, the ship that would later be known for carrying military supplies to the Middle East was accidentally hit by an Exocet missile while off-loading commercial cargo in Iraq in 1986.
In these early years, the ship was also renamed Jolly Indaco. MSC first chartered the ship, then known as MV Strong Virginian, in 1992.
Navy from Diego Garcia to Guam and back. On March 14, 1997, the United States Department of Defense announced a new charter for the Strong Virginian.
This contract was competitively procured with 250 proposals solicited and four offers received. Virginian was chartered again in 1998 and, for the next four years, the ship was used to support the U.S.
The contract included options which could have brought the cumulative value up to US$47,992,099 and was to expire by March 1999.
On September 30, 2002, the ship was released from MSC service and returned to its owner. Sealift Incorporated bought the ship from Van Ommeren Shipping USA, Inc.
Between November 2002 and May 2006, the Virginian completed 21 missions for the U.S.
taking delivery on June 10, 2003.
Between November 2002 and May 2006, the Virginian completed 21 missions for the U.S.
military, delivering almost , or nearly 30 football fields, of cargo. On October 16, 2007 the United States Department of Defense announced that it awarded contract N00033-08-C-5500 to Sealift Incorporated.
If options are exercised, work may continue through October 2011.
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